I would love to be a fly on the wall to know what Barca are promising these players for them to even take pay cuts to join the team. 

 

I wondered why we hadn't shown any interest in Memphis now I have an answer. If TT doesn't want him then fair enough, seems like it would have been a decent move since he provides goals and assists. I suspect TT wants more dynamic forwards with buckets of pace

18 minutes ago, LongtimerLurker said:

 

I wondered why we hadn't shown any interest in Memphis now I have an answer. If TT doesn't want him then fair enough, seems like it would have been a decent move since he provides goals and assists. I suspect TT wants more dynamic forwards with buckets of pace

he's not a good character though. Very self obsessed. Not really a team player. Also very busy with all kinds of other stuff besides football. Very average forward. Not much better than Broja. 

1 hour ago, LongtimerLurker said:

 

I wondered why we hadn't shown any interest in Memphis now I have an answer. If TT doesn't want him then fair enough, seems like it would have been a decent move since he provides goals and assists. I suspect TT wants more dynamic forwards with buckets of pace

I am not convinced he is strong enough for our league tbh. Not that my vote has swayed TT at all!

3 hours ago, azpi28 said:

he's not a good character though. Very self obsessed. Not really a team player. Also very busy with all kinds of other stuff besides football. Very average forward. Not much better than Broja. 

I think he has matured a bit in the past few years, but I'm not sold on him either. No consistency: he can be brilliant one moment and then either become very clumsy or disappear altogether.

Bit random, but i am a little surprised that the name of Andrea Belotti hasn't popped up in these pages at all recently especially as he is now a free agent.

To a lesser extent the same could be said of Isco.

I hope we absolutely fleece Barca for Alonso and Apzi. Don’t let them go cheap Todd. 

24 minutes ago, JM7 said:

I hope we absolutely fleece Barca for Alonso and Apzi. Don’t let them go cheap Todd. 

The fee won’t matter, probably won’t ever get it in full anyway.

would rather a lower fee and all up front, I’ve no idea how Barca are actually operating and signing players. 

Edited July 13, 20224 yr by SimonH

10 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Bit random, but i am a little surprised that the name of Andrea Belotti hasn't popped up in these pages at all recently especially as he is now a free agent.

To a lesser extent the same could be said of Isco.

Belotti’s level presently is probably a Brighton/Southampton, had a brilliant season in 2016 but never backed it up. 

I think Isco is unofficially a gamer now. I still rate him but I reckon he has lost his love for the game. He has 5 CL medals so understandable if he just wants to sit on the beach.

 

we probably sell him back to Southampton at some point

3 hours ago, azpi28 said:

 

we probably sell him back to Southampton at some point

I hope that sale to Southampton includes a 3x price buy back option with the ability for an immediate loan to Italy. 

 

https://arsenal-mania.com/forum/threads/omari-hutchinson-out.35811/page-2

apparently he is not the only one who is joining us from Arsenal

some on that forum fear that Charlie Patino is next as he wasn't included in the pre season tour squad

 

Edited July 15, 20224 yr by azpi28

Well despite all their issues Barca snapped up Raphinha this week and now have a deal at up for Lewa:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12652856/robert-lewandowski-barcelona-agree-42-5m-deal-to-sign-bayern-munich-striker

Truly amazing... I mean how can they spend around 90mill on those two but cannot find 10-15mill to sign Dave and Alonso?

Edited July 16, 20224 yr by axman2526

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Well despite all their issues Barca snapped up Raphinha this week and now have a deal at up for Lewa:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12652856/robert-lewandowski-barcelona-agree-42-5m-deal-to-sign-bayern-munich-striker

Truly amazing... I mean how can they spend around 90mill on those two but cannot find 10-15mill to sign Dave and Alonso?

Or even pay their existing players money that is still owed to them e.g. De Jong.

13 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Or even pay their existing players money that is still owed to them e.g. De Jong.

It is so wrong the football authorities allow them to spend money on new players when they owe their current players back pay. Yet we got banned for operating normally because our former owner is Russian...

It makes a mockery of FFP and the sh*t we and City have put up with how they are allowed to force pay cuts on players, while also spending £150m on new signings. Yet the Spanish FA, UEFA, FIFA etc are 🤫. If this was us doing it our a FA and the corrupt vermin at UEFA and FIFA would be all over it.

And Barcelona was one of the main teams who was behind the Super League and they got all upset about British teams still spending money after Covid.

It's literally a future mortgage what they are doing now yet UEFA & FIFA have turned a blind eye to it all.

If that isn't the very definition of living above your means then I don't what is.

1 hour ago, 2211 said:

And Barcelona was one of the main teams who was behind the Super League and they got all upset about British teams still spending money after Covid.

It's literally a future mortgage what they are doing now yet UEFA & FIFA have turned a blind eye to it all.

If that isn't the very definition of living above your means then I don't what is.

And corruption. They are selling future rights. Its appalling that they are able to do all this when being technically bankrupt. Surely this means all bets are off now for the rest of us as well. If Uefa and FIFA are this gutless or bent then fck ffp, its a free for all. Derby County must be kicking themselves that they are not in La Liga

Edited July 16, 20224 yr by WhiteWall

1 hour ago, 2211 said:

And Barcelona was one of the main teams who was behind the Super League and they got all upset about British teams still spending money after Covid.

It's literally a future mortgage what they are doing now yet UEFA & FIFA have turned a blind eye to it all.

If that isn't the very definition of living above your means then I don't what is.

they make the tax payers pay for their incompetence as well

 

would be nice

 

12 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

 

would be nice

 

What‘s he like? 
remember seeing his name pop up at times (and he‘s got a nice name to memorize) but that had nothing to do with Chelsea 

11 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

And corruption. They are selling future rights. Its appalling that they are able to do all this when being technically bankrupt. Surely this means all bets are off now for the rest of us as well. If Uefa and FIFA are this gutless or bent then fck ffp, its a free for all. Derby County must be kicking themselves that they are not in La Liga

Make no mistake, if this was Betis, Athletic Bilbao, Celta or any other team, they’d be relegated and would possibly face disappearing. It’s not the first “historic” team to have disappeared in Spain. Barcelona are the darlings and they have more leniency from the Spanish RFEF and so on. However, they can’t register players unless they demonstrate that they spend 1€ from 4€ saved. Football authorities can’t deny them the right to sign players, La Liga is denying them the right to register them unless they become economically viable.

26 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

 

would be nice

 

One the stats anylisers the club has hired have thrown in to the hat perhaps?

21 minutes ago, weetee said:

What‘s he like? 
remember seeing his name pop up at times (and he‘s got a nice name to memorize) but that had nothing to do with Chelsea 

i saw him play a couple of times when watching Aston Villa games, mostly as a substitute, he often brought some urgency to the team and attacking impulse

reminds me a bit of RLC, tall but technical, likes to dribble and drive through midfield  

 

Edited July 16, 20224 yr by azpi28

On 13/07/2022 at 22:37, SimonH said:

The fee won’t matter, probably won’t ever get it in full anyway.

would rather a lower fee and all up front, I’ve no idea how Barca are actually operating and signing players. 

Im thinking Todd Boehly learned a lot from his meal in Spain...

they are desperate for cash 

we wont get paid unless its in instalments

we like swap deals but not at the risk of taking on substandard players

let them chase after every player thats available and even buy a few / beat us to them - use up what credit they have, then choose our real targets.

if they need cash do all we can to avoid giving them cash

Azpi & Marcos' price should nice a firm and /or the swaps should be in our favour

oh and he had a nice meal

Edited July 16, 20224 yr by OneTommyLangley